A Study on Ecological Niche of Pinus densiflora Forests according to the Environmental Factors
2013
Seo, D.J., Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Oh, C.Y., Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Woo, K.S., Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lee, J.C., Korea Forest Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ecological factors affecting Pinus densiflora forest distribution associated with climate change in the future. Ecological niche is used as a method to quantify the position occupied in biological communities, space, influence and all ecological factors. Ecological niche breadth was analyzed on meteorological and growth factors of P. densiflora. Nine sites (i.e., Gangneung, Jeongseon, Pyeongchang, Hamyang, Bonghwa, Yeongyang, Uljin, Uiseong and Boseong) were selected to set 20 m × 20 m quadrat from September to October 2010. The height, DBH, clearlength, crown width and basal area were measured at each quadrat and used as growth factors. In addition, the measured values from the closest weather stations of each survey area of the maximum, mean and minimum temperature, humidity and precipitation were used as meteorological factors. The ecological niche breadth of the five meteorological factors except humidity was low. It is considered that precipitation could effect on the distribution of P. densiflora forest. In particular, maximum temperature showed low ecological niche breadth less than 0.4 in most of the survey areas. However, the ecological niche breadth of the five growth factors was high in all survey areas.
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